Madison Heights police say they are looking for a man who paid a prostitute for sex at a motel then fired a gun at her in an armed robbery and stole all her money.

The woman was uninjured and police said the man got away with approximately $300 the woman had in her room at the Knights Inn, 26901 Dequindre, just north of Interstate 696 in Madison Heights.

The robbery occurred about 2:40 p.m. Friday.

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Madison Heights Police Lt. Robert Anderson said the woman advertised her services on a website online and the man contacted her to set up a meeting at the motel.

The man had sex with the woman and paid her $80 and left but returned a short time later and knocked on the door to the room.

“He told her he had forgotten his cell phone,” Anderson said. “She refused to open the door all the way and kept the chain lock on.”

The man got angry, pulled out a pistol and put the gun in the space of the partially opened door, police said.

The gunman then fired three shots into the room as the woman ran into the bathroom.

While the woman hid in the bathroom, the gunman kicked in the door and entered the room, Anderson said.

The man retrieved his phone but also stole the woman’s phone and all the money she had with her, including the money he had just paid for sex, police said.

The man had been driven to the motel -- and fled -- as a passenger in a tan or gold mid-2000s Ford Explorer. Police described him as black, about 24 years old, 5-foot-8 of average build with a goatee and mustache, crew cut hair and a tattoo, possibly a tear under his left eye.

The man was wearing a black wool hat, tan jacket and dark blue jeans.

After the man fled the woman reported the robbery to the desk in the lobby of the motel.

“We are in the process of having DNA evidence analyzed that we collected at the scene,” Anderson said.

Police don’t believe the gunman targeted the woman online to set her up for a robbery. The woman is not facing any prostitution charges at this point, Anderson said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Madison Heights Police at 248-585-2100.